Myxine Linnaeus, 1758
Body eel-like. No dorsal fin or only a trace. No oral sucking-disc. Teeth on tongue plus one on 'palate'. Barbels present. One external gill opening on each side. Intestine unciliated. Spiral fold of intestine absent. Nasohypophysial sac opening into pharynx.
See family for biology, etc.
Species about 7; in Clofnam area 2.
Recent revisions: Fernholm (1981).
Species of this genus in the program:
Myxine glutinosa
Myxine ios